Author Manbeena Bhullar Sandhu announces release of 'Layla in the Sky with Diamonds'

New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI-NewsVoir): It has been 24 hours since Layla last had cocaine. Now on a flight to New Delhi with her children, all she can focus on is how quickly she can hook up with her friend and drug baron Leonardo so he can provide her with her next fix unaware of the intergenerational damage her choices will cause.

Manbeena Bhullar Sandhu's new novel, "Layla in the Sky with Diamonds" (published by Archway Publishing), weaves 1960s and '70s-style hedonism, Indian culture, drugs, family and spirituality in a tale that illuminates "how indulgence leads to suffering and suffering leads to wisdom and how generations can shape generations in that relation."

"We are far from the age of flower power generation. Though those times were exciting, nevertheless that generation made many mistakes due to over indulgence and unrealistic expectations," Sandhu explains. "Generations shape the following generations."

While the book offers readers a sense of nostalgia for a long-lost era, the destruction Layla's addiction creates serves as the literary hangover of a generation's carelessness. Weaving various cultures with characters who keep trying to make sense of the often chaotic world around them, "Layla in the Sky with Diamonds" offers a cautionary glimpse into the human condition.